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'''''Up All Night''''' is a news and [[phone-in]] programme broadcast on the national news/sport station [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] in the United Kingdom, and is on air between 1{{nbsp}}and 5{{nbsp}}am every night. It is also broadcast on most of the [[BBC Local Radio|BBC's local radio]] frequencies across England as well as on [[BBC Radio Scotland|Radio Scotland]], [[BBC Radio Cymru|Radio Cymru]] and [[BBC Radio Ulster|Radio Ulster]].
'''''Up All Night''''' is a late night [[phone-in]] programme broadcast on the national news/sport station [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] in the United Kingdom, usually on air between 1{{nbsp}}and 5{{nbsp}}am every night. It is also broadcast on all of the [[BBC Local Radio|BBC's local radio]] frequencies across England as well as on the BBC's [[BBC Radio Scotland|Radio Scotland]], [[BBC Radio Wales|Radio Wales]], [[BBC Radio Ulster|Radio Ulster]] and [[BBC Radio Foyle|Radio Foyle]].


The ''[[Washington Post]]'' once described the show as probably the best night-time radio show in the world.<ref name="WLocal"/>
''[[The Washington Post]]'' once described the show, in its previous guise as a news and current affairs show, as probably the best night-time radio show in the world.<ref name="WLocal"/>


== History ==
== History ==
''Up All Night'' has been broadcast continuously since Radio 5 Live's launch on 28 March 1994. The show formerly lasted three hours before extended to four from 1998<ref name="BGlobeTYY0yFQL" />. One of the show's two main presenters, [[Rhod Sharp]], had proposed the idea of an all-night radio show for the new station that made use of the BBC's correspondents from all over the world.<ref name=BGlobeTYY0yFQL/> He has continued to present several shows each week ever since. [[Dotun Adebayo]] is the show's second main presenter, hosting the show from Friday night to Sunday night. Previous presenters included Richard Dallyn, Dalya Raphael and [[Russell Fuller]].
Originally a news and current affairs show with occasional topical phone-ins, ''Up All Night'' was broadcast continuously from Radio 5 Live's launch on the 28 March 1994 until 27 March 2020. The show originally lasted three hours and was extended to four from 1998.<ref name="BGlobeTYY0yFQL" /> One of the show's two main presenters, [[Rhod Sharp]], had proposed the idea of an all-night radio show for the new station that made use of the BBC's correspondents from all over the world.<ref name=BGlobeTYY0yFQL/> He continued to present several shows each week (Monday to Wednesday) until March 2020, when he stepped down. [[Dotun Adebayo]] was the show's second main presenter, hosting the show from Friday night to Sunday night. Other presenters included Richard Dallyn, Dalya Raphael and [[Russell Fuller]].


Up All Night began allowing guest presenters regularly every Friday morning since 3 November 2017. The first guest was Richard Foster, then Tom Green, and Rachel Bland.
Up All Night used guest presenters regularly on Thursday nights (Friday mornings) from 3 November 2017. The first guest was Richard Foster, then Tom Green, and [[Rachael Bland]].

Following the departure of Sharp in March 2020, coinciding with the [[COVID-19]] lockdown, the programme was temporarily replaced by a nightly phone-in show from [[BBC Radio London]], syndicated across BBC local radio stations. Adebayo moved to the weeknight slot and some popular features, such as the World Football Phone-In, were carried over.

On 6 July 2020, the programme returned to Five Live with a heavily revised format. Other than a short 10 to 15 minute interlude at the beginning of the show, it is almost entirely given over to the public phone-in format. Some features, such as the [[World Football Phone-In]], have been carried over, but the regular updates on news stories around the world, including regular conversations with BBC overseas correspondents, have been largely abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/07/bbc-radio-5-live-takes-overnights-back-from-local-radio/|title= BBC Radio 5 Live takes overnights back from Local Radio}}</ref>


===Broadcast locations===
===Broadcast locations===
Originally broadcast from studios at [[Broadcasting House]], London and then from studios at [[Television Centre, London|Television Centre]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/5live/2010/12/a-peek-inside-5-lives-new-hq.shtml|title=BBC - 5 live blog: A peek inside 5 live's new HQ|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref>, the show's production, along with the rest of the BBC Radio 5 Live scheduled programmes, moved to [[MediaCityUK]], [[Salford, Greater Manchester]] in 2012.
Originally broadcast from studios at [[Broadcasting House]], London and then from studios at [[Television Centre, London|Television Centre]],<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/07/bbc-radio-5-live-takes-overnights-back-from-local-radio/|title=BBC - 5 live blog: A peek inside 5 live's new HQ|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref> the show's production, along with the rest of the BBC Radio 5 Live scheduled programmes, moved to [[MediaCityUK]], [[Salford, Greater Manchester]] in 2012.


After 9/11, where he reported for BBC News, while taking a sabbatical Sharp and his wife fell in love with the fishing town of [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]], in the [[United States]]. Since 2004 he has presented his nights on the show (Monday to Wednesday), from the town. Initially using the studio's and [[ISDN]] line of local radio station [[WESX]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/x902711031#axzz2IwvHbY8B|title=WESX's 'international' era closes, too|publisher=WickedLocal.com|date=26 April 2006|accessdate=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213172601/http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/x902711031#axzz2IwvHbY8B|archive-date=13 December 2013|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> since 2007 he has presented the show from a home studio within the couple's 18th-century house in Marblehead’s Old Town section.<ref name=WLocal>{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/x1581985691/BBC-broadcaster-to-discuss-Avery-s-Fall-at-Marblehead-Museum#axzz2IwvHbY8B|title=BBC broadcaster to discuss 'Avery's Fall' at Marblehead Museum|publisher=WickedLocal.com|date=6 October 2011|accessdate=23 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=BGlobeTYY0yFQL>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2012/08/03/rhod-sharp-hosts-bbc-radio-all-night-news-show-for-audiences-live-from-north-shore/d8wRnBBPoMwoe6TYY0yFQL/story.html|title=The BBC, live from Marblehead|author=Joseph P. Kahn|publisher=[[Boston Globe]]|date=3 August 2012|accessdate=23 January 2013}}</ref> Broadcasting from the United States makes Sharp "pretty unique" among BBC radio hosts, according to former BBC deputy news director Stephen Mitchell.<ref name=BGlobeTYY0yFQL/>
After 9/11, where he reported for BBC News, and while taking a sabbatical, Sharp and his wife fell in love with the fishing town of [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]], in the [[United States]]. From 2004 to 2020, he presented the show (Monday to Wednesday) from the town. Initially using the studios and [[ISDN]] line of local radio station [[WESX]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/x902711031#axzz2IwvHbY8B|title=WESX's 'international' era closes, too|publisher=WickedLocal.com|date=26 April 2006|access-date=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213172601/http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/x902711031#axzz2IwvHbY8B|archive-date=13 December 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> from 2007, he presented the show from a home studio within the couple's 18th-century house in Marblehead's Old Town section.<ref name=WLocal>{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/x1581985691/BBC-broadcaster-to-discuss-Avery-s-Fall-at-Marblehead-Museum#axzz2IwvHbY8B|title=BBC broadcaster to discuss 'Avery's Fall' at Marblehead Museum|publisher=WickedLocal.com|date=6 October 2011|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=BGlobeTYY0yFQL>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2012/08/03/rhod-sharp-hosts-bbc-radio-all-night-news-show-for-audiences-live-from-north-shore/d8wRnBBPoMwoe6TYY0yFQL/story.html|title=The BBC, live from Marblehead|author=Joseph P. Kahn|publisher=[[Boston Globe]]|date=3 August 2012|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> Broadcasting from the United States made Sharp "pretty unique" among BBC radio hosts, according to former BBC deputy news director Stephen Mitchell.<ref name=BGlobeTYY0yFQL/>


== Features ==
== Features ==
The show has a heavy interest in the United States and often features news and interviews from there. The [[Super Bowl]] has also been broadcast in an extended programme; this however is streamed from another provider and cannot be broadcast live on the Internet for copyright reasons.
The show had a heavy interest in the United States, partly due to the favourable time differences between North America and the UK, and often featured news and interviews from there. The [[Super Bowl]] was also broadcast in an extended programme for some years.


The programme has launched a couple of [[Twitter]] pages and has a group on [[Facebook]]. Some elements of the show are available to download by [[podcast]]. Namely; The Tech Phone-In and Game On (under the Let's Talk About Tech thread)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrxgq/episodes/downloads | title=Let's Talk About Tech - Downloads - BBC Radio 5 live}}</ref>, [[World Football Phone-In]] <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p9f7d/episodes/guide | title=BBC Radio 5 live - 5 live's World Football Phone-in - Episode guide}}</ref> and [[Dr Karl Kruszelnicki|Dr Karl]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9ny/episodes/player | title=BBC Radio 5 live - 5 live Science Podcast - Available now}}</ref>
The programme launched a couple of [[Twitter]] pages and has a group on [[Facebook]]. Some elements of the show were available to download by [[podcast]]. Namely; Game On (under the Let's Talk About Tech thread),<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrxgq/episodes/downloads | title=Let's Talk About Tech - Downloads - BBC Radio 5 live}}</ref> [[World Football Phone-In]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p9f7d/episodes/guide | title=BBC Radio 5 live - 5 live's World Football Phone-in - Episode guide}}</ref> and [[Dr Karl Kruszelnicki|Dr Karl]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9ny/episodes/player | title=BBC Radio 5 live - 5 live Science Podcast - Available now}}</ref>


===Regular features===
===Regular features===
The programme has gained a cult audience because of its off-beat approach to the news combined with various regular features (these are usually on at 2 or 2:30am):
The programme gained a cult audience because of its off-beat approach to the news combined with various regular features. These included -


*Monday: The Phone-in, topics including gardening and DIY.
*Monday: The Phone-in, topics have included gardening, parenting and DIY.
*Tuesday: Game On, video game culture explored. This is the BBC's oldest games focussed strand and has been produced in its current form since 2008.
*Tuesday: Game On, video game culture explored. This is the BBC's oldest games focused strand and has been produced in its current form since 2008.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrxgq] Let's Talk About Tech</ref>
*Wednesday: East Coast / West Coast a regular look at US news and culture from either Los Angeles or New York.
*Wednesday: East Coast / West Coast: a regular look at US news and culture from either Los Angeles or New York.
*Thursday: Science questions to [[Dr Karl Kruszelnicki|Dr Karl]] who joins the show from the Australian [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] network
*Thursday: Science questions to [[Dr Karl Kruszelnicki|Dr Karl]] who joined the show from the Australian [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] network.
*Friday: The Tech Phone-in with Fevzi Turkalp alternates with other topics. Airing fortnightly.
*Friday: The North American Sports Show, the first edition was broadcast in September 2018.
*Saturday: [[World Football Phone-In]], with journalists [[Tim Vickery]] (South America), Mina Rzouki (Europe) and Durosimi Thomas (Africa) covering some of the world's [[Association football|football]] hot beds.
*Saturday: [[World Football Phone-In]], with journalists [[Tim Vickery]] (South America), Mina Rzouki (Europe), Jon Arnold (Central and North America), Mark Meadows (Europe), Paul Sarahs (Europe), John Duerden (Asia) and Mark Gleeson (Africa) covering some of the world's [[Association football|football]] hotbeds.
*Sunday: Virtual Jukebox, where callers suggest and then vote on a music track to be added to a growing list of tunes. A playlist is available on [[Spotify]]<ref>[http://open.spotify.com/user/upallnight5live/playlist/1tH4S8dVKGoIGfVyTjgKPg Up All Night's Virtual Jukebox by upallnight5live] Spotify</ref>
*Sunday: The Virtual Jukebox, where callers suggested and then voted on a music track to be added to a growing list of tunes. A playlist is available on [[Spotify]]<ref>[http://open.spotify.com/user/upallnight5live/playlist/1tH4S8dVKGoIGfVyTjgKPg Up All Night's Virtual Jukebox by upallnight5live] Spotify</ref>


For many years from the beginning of the programme the film critic [[Dave Aldridge]] was a weekly contributor. In 2007 the programme pioneered a monthly live mental health phone-in with regular guest, Martin Seager, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and adult psychotherapist who heads an [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] psychological services department in the London area.
For many years from the beginning of the programme the film critic, [[Dave Aldridge]] was a weekly contributor. In 2007 the programme pioneered a monthly live mental health phone-in with regular guest, Martin Seager, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and adult psychotherapist who headed an [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] psychological services department in the London area.


Another former contributor was [[Cash Peters]], who reported from California on the latest US television news.
Another notable former contributor was [[Cash Peters]], who reported from California on the latest US television news.


==References==
==References==
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Up All Night
GenreNews
Running timeNightly 1 – 5 am
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 5 Live
StarringDotun Adebayo (Monday - Friday early mornings)
Lisa McCormick (Saturday and Sunday early mornings)
Recording studioMediaCityUK, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK
Original release28 March 1994 –
Ongoing (On hiatus from 27 March to 6 July 2020)
Audio formatFM, AM and Digital radio
WebsiteOfficial website

Up All Night is a late night phone-in programme broadcast on the national news/sport station BBC Radio 5 Live in the United Kingdom, usually on air between 1 and 5 am every night. It is also broadcast on all of the BBC's local radio frequencies across England as well as on the BBC's Radio Scotland, Radio Wales, Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle.

The Washington Post once described the show, in its previous guise as a news and current affairs show, as probably the best night-time radio show in the world.[1]

History

[edit]

Originally a news and current affairs show with occasional topical phone-ins, Up All Night was broadcast continuously from Radio 5 Live's launch on the 28 March 1994 until 27 March 2020. The show originally lasted three hours and was extended to four from 1998.[2] One of the show's two main presenters, Rhod Sharp, had proposed the idea of an all-night radio show for the new station that made use of the BBC's correspondents from all over the world.[2] He continued to present several shows each week (Monday to Wednesday) until March 2020, when he stepped down. Dotun Adebayo was the show's second main presenter, hosting the show from Friday night to Sunday night. Other presenters included Richard Dallyn, Dalya Raphael and Russell Fuller.

Up All Night used guest presenters regularly on Thursday nights (Friday mornings) from 3 November 2017. The first guest was Richard Foster, then Tom Green, and Rachael Bland.

Following the departure of Sharp in March 2020, coinciding with the COVID-19 lockdown, the programme was temporarily replaced by a nightly phone-in show from BBC Radio London, syndicated across BBC local radio stations. Adebayo moved to the weeknight slot and some popular features, such as the World Football Phone-In, were carried over.

On 6 July 2020, the programme returned to Five Live with a heavily revised format. Other than a short 10 to 15 minute interlude at the beginning of the show, it is almost entirely given over to the public phone-in format. Some features, such as the World Football Phone-In, have been carried over, but the regular updates on news stories around the world, including regular conversations with BBC overseas correspondents, have been largely abandoned.[3]

Broadcast locations

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Originally broadcast from studios at Broadcasting House, London and then from studios at Television Centre,[4] the show's production, along with the rest of the BBC Radio 5 Live scheduled programmes, moved to MediaCityUK, Salford, Greater Manchester in 2012.

After 9/11, where he reported for BBC News, and while taking a sabbatical, Sharp and his wife fell in love with the fishing town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, in the United States. From 2004 to 2020, he presented the show (Monday to Wednesday) from the town. Initially using the studios and ISDN line of local radio station WESX;[5] from 2007, he presented the show from a home studio within the couple's 18th-century house in Marblehead's Old Town section.[1][2] Broadcasting from the United States made Sharp "pretty unique" among BBC radio hosts, according to former BBC deputy news director Stephen Mitchell.[2]

Features

[edit]

The show had a heavy interest in the United States, partly due to the favourable time differences between North America and the UK, and often featured news and interviews from there. The Super Bowl was also broadcast in an extended programme for some years.

The programme launched a couple of Twitter pages and has a group on Facebook. Some elements of the show were available to download by podcast. Namely; Game On (under the Let's Talk About Tech thread),[6] World Football Phone-In[7] and Dr Karl.[8]

Regular features

[edit]

The programme gained a cult audience because of its off-beat approach to the news combined with various regular features. These included -

  • Monday: The Phone-in, topics have included gardening, parenting and DIY.
  • Tuesday: Game On, video game culture explored. This is the BBC's oldest games focused strand and has been produced in its current form since 2008.[9]
  • Wednesday: East Coast / West Coast: a regular look at US news and culture from either Los Angeles or New York.
  • Thursday: Science questions to Dr Karl who joined the show from the Australian ABC network.
  • Friday: The North American Sports Show, the first edition was broadcast in September 2018.
  • Saturday: World Football Phone-In, with journalists Tim Vickery (South America), Mina Rzouki (Europe), Jon Arnold (Central and North America), Mark Meadows (Europe), Paul Sarahs (Europe), John Duerden (Asia) and Mark Gleeson (Africa) covering some of the world's football hotbeds.
  • Sunday: The Virtual Jukebox, where callers suggested and then voted on a music track to be added to a growing list of tunes. A playlist is available on Spotify[10]

For many years from the beginning of the programme the film critic, Dave Aldridge was a weekly contributor. In 2007 the programme pioneered a monthly live mental health phone-in with regular guest, Martin Seager, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and adult psychotherapist who headed an NHS psychological services department in the London area.

Another notable former contributor was Cash Peters, who reported from California on the latest US television news.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "BBC broadcaster to discuss 'Avery's Fall' at Marblehead Museum". WickedLocal.com. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Joseph P. Kahn (3 August 2012). "The BBC, live from Marblehead". Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ "BBC Radio 5 Live takes overnights back from Local Radio".
  4. ^ "BBC - 5 live blog: A peek inside 5 live's new HQ". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  5. ^ "WESX's 'international' era closes, too". WickedLocal.com. 26 April 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Let's Talk About Tech - Downloads - BBC Radio 5 live".
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 5 live - 5 live's World Football Phone-in - Episode guide".
  8. ^ "BBC Radio 5 live - 5 live Science Podcast - Available now".
  9. ^ [1] Let's Talk About Tech
  10. ^ Up All Night's Virtual Jukebox by upallnight5live Spotify
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